Seattle Police Community Survey Findings

76487A counter-protester is arrested by the Seattle Police Department after “March for America” downtown on Saturday with the Minutemen and the John Birch Society participating, Aug. 18, 2007. Protests were planned to coincide with the third SPP summit in Quebec, Canada where President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Harper and Mexican President Calderon will be meeting to further their open borders and “North American” integration agendas. During the protest, some counter-protesters threw water balloons at the “March for America” demonstration and attempted to cross the street to their side. The police through force and pepper spray repelled the counter-protesters. When the counter-protesters who threw water balloons finally left the demonstration, they were followed by police around the corner were at least one was arrested.081807

This research was commissioned by the federal monitoring team to assess community
perceptions of the Seattle police, gauge the prevalence of community interactions with the
police, and understand the nature of those interactions. This is the second survey of its kind
commissioned by the monitoring team, and it follows a similar survey conducted in August 2013
that asked many of the same questions to a similar audience.